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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, The Anonymous History of Abbot Ceolfrith.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what book does Bede refer for support of other angels who rode on horseback?
(a) Genesis.
(b) The history of the Maccabees.
(c) The Psalms.
(d) The Navigato.

2. What example does the anonymous author claim that Ceolfrith took from his brother Cynefrith?
(a) Leaving the care of his monastery to younger men to go on a pilgrimage to Rome in his later years.
(b) Establishing a work schedule that required all monks spend time copying Bibles.
(c) Holding the monks under his authority to high moral standards.
(d) Requiring all duties to be done before meals were to be shared.

3. How many monks did the anonymous author report Ceolfrith took with him to complete the new construction that King Egfrith sponsored?
(a) 12.
(b) 222.
(c) 122.
(d) 22.

4. Which Northumbrian cleric does Farmer record as being trained in Lindisfarne?
(a) Brendan.
(b) Columbanus.
(c) Wilfrid
(d) Cuthbert.

5. Who does Stephanus claim taught Wilfrid the rules of Easter while he was in this city?
(a) Archbishop Dalfinus.
(b) Bishop Colman.
(c) Bishop Baducing.
(d) Archbishop Dalfinus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the anonymous author claim presided over the monastery before Ceolfrith joined it?

2. What condition does Bede write affected Sigfrith during his service as abbot?

3. On what date does the anonymous author report Ceolfrith boarded a ship to cross the sea to Gaul?

4. To whom did Cuthbert prophesy his own death, according to Bede?

5. What does Farmer claim draws readers across the ages to the lives profiled in "The Age of Bede"?

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